Man charged with spearing undersized lobster

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office arrested a Tavernier man who, they say, was spearing undersized lobster and other fish in the water offshore of Islamorada.

Brandon Shelby, 24, was arrested Monday.

MCSO said a deputy saw a man and a woman on a rock jetty near Founder’s Park in Islamorada with a cooler. Inside, he found an undersized lobster which had been speared. The couple told him Shelby had speared the lobster.

The deputy found Shelby with a pole spear and a white mesh bag, said MCSO. Inside the bag, the deputy found a lobster, and several fish, all of which had been speared.